Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 126 The Invoice For You 20

No problem, no problem at all.

As long as the financial deficit in France can be solved and the unrest of the people can be solved, the remaining problems will naturally no longer be a problem.

Thinking that he would soon have his own fief and title, Pierre's heart not only became hot, but also looked at Zeng Cheng with hot eyes: "Dear Zeng, I really don't know how to thank you That's good."

But Zeng Cheng was frightened by Pierre's gaze.

Does this guy have any special hobbies?I am an imposing seven-foot man, you bastard!

And when Zeng Cheng was thinking wildly, Pierre went on to say: "Dear Zeng, I hope to send people to study in your school in the Ming Dynasty. I don't know if it is possible?"

Hearing Pierre's question, Zeng Cheng was stunned.

It's over, this question is beyond the scope of the question explained by the head, how should I answer it?Waiting online, very urgent.

If it was changed to the time when I was the magistrate of the Qing court, then Zeng Cheng would definitely agree to it without hesitation, and would apply for a sum of money from the Qing court to be the food bank for these French students. After all, it is the heaven. Well, the country should have the appearance of a kingdom in heaven.

But since he voted for Zhu Jinsong, under the influence of his ears and eyes, Zeng Cheng's thoughts have also changed a little bit.

My own people in Ming Dynasty have not achieved that everyone can read, so where is the money spent on you savages?
After careful consideration, Zeng Cheng tentatively asked, "I don't know how many people Mr. Pierre will send here?"

Pierre thought for a while, and tentatively asked, "How about 100 people?"

Zeng Cheng didn't think so.

In the past, when I was the magistrate in the Qing Dynasty, I didn’t think much of it, but since I joined Meng Lianggu and started to really bend down to do things, Zeng Cheng discovered how difficult the lives of ordinary people are, and how difficult the situation of Meng Lianggu’s rebel group is. difficult.

Take my Qing Dynasty as an example. In the private school period, a student had to pay six taels of silver for tuition a year. Assuming that a child entered school at the age of eight and took the provincial examination, it would take about 15 years, which is 90 taels of silver. .

In addition, each student spends about 12 taels of silver every year for pen, ink, paper, purchase of study books, exchanges and seminars, and transportation, board and lodging to state capitals and provincial capitals to take annual exams, road exams, scientific exams, and rural exams Waiting for seven or eighty-eight fees, you will get 15 taels of silver in 180 years.

After passing the Juren examination and preparing to take the Jinshi examination, students will start self-study and self-improvement. Under normal circumstances, the study preparation time will not be less than ten years. Calculated according to the annual fee of ten taels of silver, then every Each student needs to spend at least 100 taels of silver.

That is to say, from being enlightened at the age of eight, after 15 years of private school study, ten years of self-study, and then to Jinshi and the first degree, a student needs to spend at least 35 years, at least no less than 370 taels of savings, to be able relatively smooth into the officialdom.

"General History of China": In the 21st year of Qianlong, Lu Kuiyuan from Tanghe County, Henan Province worked as a long-term laborer for the local Zheng Tianlu's family, and the salary was 370 Wen a year. 140 taels of silver, requiring him to work for [-] years without eating or drinking.

Dai Yi's "China and the World in the Eighteenth Century: Peasant Volume": During the Qianlong period, the middle-level peasant households had an annual income of about 32 taels of silver, and it took 12 years without food or drink to provide for a master.

As for sociology... During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Chongba developed sociology, and took money from the treasury to subsidize sociology, but that was Ming, not my Qing Dynasty, and the Ming emperors and sages of our Qing Dynasty only wanted to see There are so many sociology on paper that can boast to fool slaves, and I don't hope that there are really muddleheads who can afford to read books.

Therefore, my sociology in the Qing Dynasty is actually similar to Xue’s cat, which is always in a state of existence or non-existence.

After Zhu Jinsong, the anti-thief leader of Tianzihao, took down Yizhou Prefecture and gained a firm foothold, the first thing he did was to pick up the social education system again, forcing the children of the people's families to go to school, even at the In addition, Zhu Jinsong, the head of the family, also compiled Chinese and mathematics textbooks for social studies under the rule of Yizhou government at that time.

However, even if Zhu Jinsong, the head of the family, chanted the slogan of "tightening the belt and promoting education and enlightening the people's wisdom" and put it into practice, the Yizhou government could not make all the children have books at that time. .

When Zhu Jinsong occupied more and more territory and more and more people under his rule, this situation even became more and more obvious—no matter how tight the waistband was, until Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, had only one meal for every meal. One vegetarian dish plus one and a half meat dishes, the little money saved is still hopelessly small in the face of the huge population base.

So, my people in Ming Dynasty have not been able to read books for everyone, you barbarians still want to take up my education funds that are not much in Ming Dynasty?Are you really not afraid of that old Liu Huaiwen slashing people with a knife?
However, after all, Zeng Cheng was the magistrate in my Qing Dynasty, and he studied with Zhu Jinsong, a famous anti-thief leader, for two years. His brain is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary people.

After making some calculations in his heart, Zeng Cheng tentatively said: "For a student, the tuition fee for one year is 100 taels of silver, and the miscellaneous expenses such as books, meals, clothing, and accommodation are about 60 taels of silver. accept?"

Zeng Cheng never mentioned the subsidy for international students. Instead, he opened his mouth and said that each international student needs 160 silver for tuition and miscellaneous fees every year.

After excluding the cost, the annual profit generated by each foreign student can probably cover the schooling expenses of ten children of ordinary Ming families, and one hundred foreign students is enough to support the education of a thousand children of ordinary families of Ming Dynasty.

As soon as he thought that he could solve the problem of studying for a thousand Ming children, Zeng Cheng couldn't help but want to take advantage of Liu Huaiwen and Liu Laogou. This is a thousand students, which is almost the size of a township. Knock a bag of good dry tobacco leaves back.

Of course, after quoting this price, Zeng Cheng felt somewhat guilty.

Or take me as an example.

Although my Qing Dynasty was not very active in the education of the common people in the Central Plains, my Qing Dynasty was very generous to foreign students. Repatriated after studying.

Therefore, in the past, foreign monks would chant scriptures, and foreign students were subsidized. Now suddenly they have to charge foreign students’ tuition and miscellaneous fees to subsidize their own people’s education and enlightenment. This is really the first time in the world.

After listening to Zengcheng's quotation, Pierre lowered his head and began to calculate.

The annual tuition and miscellaneous fees for an international student is 160 taels, roughly equal to 320 francs, and the annual tuition and miscellaneous fees for 6000 international students is 3 taels, or [-] francs.

If you want to improve the living conditions of these international students and have more opportunities to increase their knowledge, the corresponding expenses will also increase greatly, and the annual cost will be about [-] francs.

After thinking about it secretly, Pierre raised his head, looked at Zeng Cheng and said, "The cost of [-] francs a year is not a problem for me in France, as long as our lady in deficit repairs one less garden, it will be worth it. Save a little money."

If someone else heard what Pierre said, they would probably be stupefied by what Pierre said—I have seen people bargaining, so how come there are still people who take the initiative to double and increase the price?

But Zeng Cheng understood in seconds.

It's just that Zeng Cheng looked down on Pierre's pettiness a little bit.

6000 taels of silver, to him, it has only become 4 taels of silver, and it is only a little bit more than doubled.

Besides, if you can't handle this kind of thing yourself, do you still need to tell me?

However, since you have told me, then I will not be sleepy!

Zeng Cheng stretched out his hand with a smile, made a gesture of six, and said: "8 taels is too little. You must know that these knowledge are the secrets of my Ming Dynasty. Even the people of my Ming Dynasty, many people can't learn it." To learn these things, so at least 20 francs."

As soon as his lips opened and closed, the 8 francs in Pierre's mouth became 20 taels of silver, and then the 10 francs were equivalent to about 10 taels of silver. Therefore, what Pierre originally planned to swallow The 6 francs also directly became [-]% of the [-] taels of silver, which is [-] taels.

Zeng Cheng thought about it, as long as he can negotiate with Pierre to change the original 1 taels to 4 taels, this matter will definitely not be solved by a bag of high-quality dry tobacco leaves.

At least one more good food and wine must be added.

Zeng Cheng is like a devil who lures children with candy: "I can assure you that the invoice will indicate that it is 20 francs. For the sake of the friendship between His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and His Majesty the King of your country, the taxes and fees will be borne by our Daming. Know what Monsieur Pierre thinks?"

Pierre was moved.

Putting 20 francs in France is just a matter of building one more garden or one less garden for Mrs. Deficit, but putting it in Ming Dynasty, it can not only train a hundred talents for France, but also earn 12 francs for herself.

This deal is right!

Pierre gritted his teeth and became cruel, picked up the teacup and said to Zeng Cheng: "I will replace the wine with tea, and toast Mr. Zeng. I wish us a happy cooperation."

Zeng Cheng also imitated Peel, picked up the teacup, and said with a smile: "It's a happy cooperation."

After the two put down their teacups, Zeng Cheng smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Zeng has one more thing to trouble Mr. Pierre."

Pierre was not at all unhappy about being troubled by others, but instead responded with a smile: "If Master Zeng has any instructions, please feel free to tell, Pierre is happy to help you."

As an expert in officialdom, Pierre knew very well in his heart that these people in the officialdom are not afraid that they will ask you to do some troublesome things, but they are afraid that they will not remember you for anything.

When dealing with people in the officialdom, the ideal situation is that today you have some trivial matters to trouble me, and tomorrow I will also have some small matters to trouble you. Only by going back and forth in this way can friendship be gradually established.

Pierre has already made up his mind, and it looks like... For the sake of 12 francs, no matter what Zeng Cheng wants to do for himself, even if he wants to marry Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France, "Mrs. Especially as a friend, I have to help him find a way to achieve it.

However, to Pierre's surprise, Zeng Cheng did not directly say what he wanted to ask Pierre to do, but asked a somewhat inexplicable question: "I don't know if Mr. Niko?"

Pierre shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zeng, I haven't heard of the Jinni Pavilion. May I ask, is this a newly opened brothel? The name Jinni Pavilion means that gold is treated like mud? "

Zeng sincerely said that God stepped on the newly opened brothel, and the gods treated gold as mud-I have only heard of treating money as dung, but I have never heard of treating money as mud!

After thinking about it, Zeng Cheng changed his question again: "Has Mr. Pierre heard of Nicolas Trigaud?"

(End of this chapter)